没有天赋的艺术家什么都不是,但没有工作的天赋也什么都不是。
文章的最高境界,能够通达神明,穷尽天地之理,放之四海而皆准,流传百世而不衰。
生命太短暂,不能渺小。
I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.